Posts by Dan

My experience has been that when doing modifications of this sort one has high hopes for the outcome. This gun will be a disappointment no matter what. Taking the time to chop up a muzzle is not a big deal, but the $75 destined for a Riffe shaft would be put to better use paying for a performing speargun, hell even a better JBL if that's what it has to be. But that's just what I'd do.

Yes I agree a speargun is just an underwater slingshot. But it's the well thought out small details that make it a pleasure or frustrating to use, and the same small details that will allow the diver to shoot and successfully land an unexpected 100lb AJ when all he intended to hunt was 3lb hogfish.

At first glance I thought it was a foundation for some fancy new line release setup You could chisel out a shallow pocket and fill it with pieces of the same 2 woods, it will catch the eye much less and eventually you'll forget it's there. I'm sure you know it will not affect the performance of the gun.

Where's the defect, the blue dome next to the track?

Fungineer, looks like you're getting into all kinds of upgrades/modifications with this gun. I suggest you leave it as is for now and get a better gun when you can. Trying to make this gun better is not going to get you anywhere.

This a new way I found to install carbon blades in footpockets that use the rail system, without drilling holes that may weaken the blade. The plastic knob is made of two pieces that snap together. The male piece goes through the blade (a hole needs to be made but it's in an area where there's no stress on the blade), the female piece snaps onto it from the other side. To make the hole in the blade in the right place, insert the blade in the footpocket and mark the blade through the hole in the footpocket sole. I use a Dremel with a carbide bit to make an approximate size hole. Then with this small conical grinding stone bit to clean up the hole and make it round, just big enough for the knob male part to go through.

I put a drop of Cyanoacrylate glue in between the two pieces to make it permanent, and snap them together.

In footpockets that have the corresponding hole in the sole, the knob will pop inside and prevent forward movement of the blade out of the footpocket, eliminating the need for screws, gluing, or the zip ties that I preferred to use. Some of you may recognize this retaining knob system as being used with the omer plastic fins.

Footpockets that I know of that currently accommodate this kind of installation are omer Millenium, omer Stingray, and Picasso. Soon also the Speardiver footpockets. Really any footpocket that doesn't have a hole, you can put a hole in the sole provided it's a very clean cut hole. You can specify this method of installation when ordering Speardiver fins from FreediveStore.com.

Hey Tony.

Here they throw lead weights from the jetties.

Fungineer, can you post a link to your gun.

There was a fire rescue crew at Ft Lauderdale beach today. Said there was a boat sinking. It was a couple of hundred yards from the beach and I could see something red but couldn't tell if it was a dive flag.

Nice.

A better vid with no commercial.

Philippe CROIZON et Arnaud CHASSERY BBC WORLD - YouTube

Looks interesting. Some kind of shark or ray? How's the yield?

Glad you liked them. Thanks for the review.

Post a pic of your current shaft that works with the gun.

Are you sure? I think the Kitto mech uses round shafts. I don't know if the gun he's asking about has the Kitto mech.

Hey Toño, it's been a while, good to see ya.

You may be right, if not it would certainly die of boredom way before those 400 years are done.

This little animal can live to 400 years old Arctica islandica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm sure it wouldn't think so (if it could think) but what a waste.

What happens if the covers move accidentally at depth and the ears get flooded/pressurised?

I only now figured out what Ramon did. He used the ear covers from the IST mask, because the IST mask is probably not very good, and transplanted them to his Cressi mask. For this the main trick was securing the connection between the holes he made in the Cressi mask skirt and the tubes. I'm still not clear on the pieces used to make that happen. But this looks like a great solution for guys with ear problems. Too bad the ear covers are not sold separately, that IST mask is expensive.

I'm curious who else thinks these ear covers would help them? As Ramon said it's for guys who have difficulty equalizing the ears due to eustachian tubes problems or a perforated ear drum.

So these ear covers work well? For them to work no water must go inside the ear? Do the covers really seal the ears completely?

Sorry to hear that Ramon, get well.